Game apparatus.



Patented Oct. 3, 191

J E YOST GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23,1911.

.lines in addition to UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. YOST, F ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed oet. s, 1911.

Application filed May 23, 1911. Serial No. 628,934.

tion.

The object of the-.invention is'to provide a new andimproved game apparatus for playing a game of checkersona 'map by.

the use of traffic routes or'A lines to move on,

Imove to, and towns at the end as kings'rown j I For the purpose mentioned, use ismade of a 'map and sets of movable pieces or pawns adapted to be moved over the map by the players from the opposite, endsof the map, the latter having traffic lines, and sets of' starting, finishing and intermediate stationsl marked on the traffic lines, one `set of stations indicating the capitals of different States and beingthe starting points on which the movable'pieces are placed on starting the game, another set of stations being the goals or finishing points and representing townsI located on opposite sides of the map along the coasts, and another set of stations being the intermediate points representing towns and located along the traffic ing stations.

is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters 'of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a face view of the inap; and Figs. 2 and are perspective views of the movable pieces used by the players.

As shown in Fig. l, a map A of the United States is mounted on a suitable board B or other support, and on the map A are arranged the forty-eight contiguous States and Territories C, and traffic lines D, on which are moved sets of pieces or pawns E and E', each setcontaining twenty-four gul, is, and the sets being preferably of different colors. On the map are also arranged the capitals F of the different States, and preferably indicated by astar, each capital appearing on a traffic line D. Two players on opposite ends of the inap A place theirrespective movablepieces E and E in position on the stations F indicating the the starting and finishcapitals of the different- States and Territories, that is, one player covers the capitals of the eastern half of the United States and the other the western half of the same. )n the map A- are also marked stations G representing towns at both the Atlantic and Pacific ends ofthe map, the said stations being represented preferably by squares, and are on traffic lines D, and form the goals or finishing' points. Thus. the player on the right-hand side moves the movable pieces 4 in a westerly ,direction over the traffic lines the vtowns along the routes as points to lof the map D to reach the finishing stations Goii the [Pacific coast, while the player on the lefthand side ofthe map moves the pawns over the traffic lines D to reach the finishing stations G on the Atlantic coast, and on the traffic lines D are further arranged intermediate stationsH indicating towns in the l several States -in addition to the capitals and coastI towns above mentioned.

The game is played approximately the same as the ordinary game of checkers, that is, the part of each player is to capture the movable pieces of his opponent. Each player strives to reach the coast or finishing stations on the opposite coast by moving a piece at a time from one station to the next following one along the traffic lines D, the players making alternate moves, and the opponents pieces are jumped and taken'off the board whenever found in a station with a vacant station` beyond' to alight on. Two or more may be jumped if a town station is vacant between each. After reaching a coast or finishing station at the opposite' side, the movable piece is called a traveling man andglis allowed to go in any direction on any traffic line and capture theopponents movable. pieces wherever found. Whenever a piece has to be moved three times to avoid-being jumped it isthen'considered captured and taken off the board. The gaine is won' by the player that captures all of his opponeiits movable pieces.

It is understood that by playing the game in the manner described, it is not only highly interesting, but tends to educate the players' relative to thev geography of the United States.

It is understood that more or less traffic lines D maybe used besides the ones shown on the map 'in Fig. 1, and also additional stations H may be added to render the successful playing of the game more difficult.v

Having thus described my invention, I

i claim'A as .new and desire to secureJ by Letsets of movab ters Patent y A game aparatus, comprising a map and over the mapby the players. from o posite endsof the map, the map having tra c lines and sets 0f starting stations, finishingfstations and intermediate stations, the said sets 'of stations being located upon the said traic lines, the said starting stations indicating the capitals of derent4 Statesfthe said iin- 'ishing` sta-tions indicating `coast towns on e pieces adapted to be vmoved y JOHN E. YOST.

Witnesses:

B. M. DAVIS, L.` G. ZEYEN. 

